Frivolity

George H. Green

General Info

Year: 1993
Duration: c.
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Keyboard Percussion Publications
Arranger: Willian Cahn
Cost: Score and Parts - $5.00   |   Score Only - $0.00

Instrumentation

Solo

Xylophone

Ensemble

Player 1: Marimba
Player 2: Marimba
Player 3: Marimba
Player 4: Marimba

Program Notes

Considered one of history's greatest xylophone players, George Hamilton Green started playing at age 11 and at 13 was performing solos with his father's band. At 19 he entered vaudeville and in one year was proclaimed "the fastest, most artistic, and most wonderful xylophonist and soloist in this country or abroad." He was one of the most popular artists in recorded history, acting as soloist, composer, arranger, and as part of various groups including All Star Trio, Green Brothers' Xylophone Orchestra, and Green Brothers Novelty Band. Green was a fine teacher and author of pedagogical materials, his course of 50 lessons retaining importance today. His solo xylophone compositions such as "The Ragtime Robin," "Charleston Capers" and "Caprice Valsant" still retain an enormous popularity. Upon his retirement from music in 1946, Green pursued a successful career as an artist, illustrator and cartoonist.

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Works for Percussion by this Composer

Alabama Moon - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
An Indian Story - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Arabian Minute Dance (Dakika Rakis) - Xylophone; Piano
Caprice Valsant - Xylophone; Piano
Charleston Capers - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Chromatic Fox-Trot - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Cross-Corners - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Dotty Dimples - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Fluffy Ruffles - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble; Band
Frivolity - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Gavotte en Baninant - Xylophone; Piano
Girlfriend's Medley - Xylophone; Piano
Jovial Jasper - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Keep Movin' - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Log Cabin Blues - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Rain - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Rainbow Ripples - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Rajah - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Spanish Waltz - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Stop-Time - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
The Humming Bird - Xylophone; Piano
The Ragtime Robin - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
The Whistler - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Triplets - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble
Valse Briliante - Xylophone; Marimba Ensemble